Photographs by H.E. Dr. Jose Ramos-Horta. President Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. José Ramos-Horta is the 4th President of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste since the country's unilateral proclamation of independence from Portugal in 1975 and the 2nd since the restoration of the independence from Indonesia in 2002, after 24 years of occupation (1975-1999). He was Prime Minister and Minister of Defense between July 2006 and May 2007, and...more »

Photographs by H.E. Dr. Jose Ramos-Horta. President Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. José Ramos-Horta is the 4th President of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste since the country's unilateral proclamation of independence from Portugal in 1975 and the 2nd since the restoration of the independence from Indonesia in 2002, after 24 years of occupation (1975-1999). He was Prime Minister and Minister of Defense between July 2006 and May 2007, and Foreign Affairs Minister from 2002 to 2006.« less